Fixed income

What could cause the dollar to fall and inflation to rise? Planners should keep their eyes on three potential triggers.

Janet Yellen’s nomination to be chairman of the Federal Reserve won support from the Senate Banking Committee today in a 14-8 vote, moving her bid to be the Fed’s first female head to the Senate for confirmation.

The Fed will probably hold down its target interest rate long after ending $85 billion in monthly bond buying, and possibly after unemployment falls below 6.5% said the Fed chairman.

Fitch Ratings placed the BBB-minus rating of Puerto Rico's general obligation bonds on rating watch negative, citing in part concerns about market access.

With stocks increasingly expensive and bond returns paltry -- what’s an advisor to do?

Advisors face two key questions: How much exposure to have, and whether to shorten durations to gird for a rate increase.

Firms should reach out to clients early to pre-empt potential downturn in their portfolios, FINRA said.

Municipal managers and strategists, still reeling from Detroit's bankruptcy, the surge in Puerto Rico yields, and a mid-year sell-off that was the worst in a quarter century, are getting their portfolios ready for the next expected hurdle as 2014 approaches — another spike in interest rates.

Bill Gross no longer runs the world’s largest mutual fund.

Investor demand improved, despite the continuation of outflows from municipal bond mutual funds for a 23rd consecutive week, at $503 million for the week of Oct. 30.

Pimco, the bond manager that started expanding into stocks four years ago, hired Virginie Maisonneuve from Schroders to lead the push after Neel Kashkari left in January.

The agency's chief administrative law judge has dismissed a commission order instituting cease and desist proceedings against two UBS executives in Puerto Rico for allegedly misleading mutual fund investors.

U.S. government bonds are acting more like equities than any time since before the credit crisis, makingTreasuries a hidden risk to investors becalmed by the prospect of the Federal Reserve prolonging stimulus into 2014.

Nearly all advisors include international equities in portfolio construction so why would we exclude the even larger asset class of international bonds?

The SEC is conducting nationwide, "limited scope examinations" of certain mutual funds that invest in Puerto Rico securities, according to a document obtained by The Bond Buyer and knowledgeable sources.

Muni bonds have substantial risk but here’s how you may be able to get a greater return and U.S. government guarantee.

A bond ladder can mitigate interest rate risk, but individual bonds require in-depth research. The diversification of a fund tempers credit risk, but be wary of extended duration.

But beware, moves made in a portfolio should always take into consideration the client’s risk tolerance and long-term goals.

Rolling redemptions offer reinvestment opportunities in longer-term, presumably higher-yielding bonds.

Three big industry names are joining forces to form a new wealth management firm, Lebenthal Wealth Advisors.